Cool sounds: Thermodynamics

In a thermoacoustic refrigerator, sound waves generate a heat flow. A new type of thermoacoustic refrigerator has been designed that uses the gas to be cooled as a working part of the engine, thereby getting around an old theoretical efficiency limit.

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Veröffentlicht in:Nature (London) 1998-08, Vol.394 (6694), p.623-624
1. Verfasser: Landsberg, Peter T.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:In a thermoacoustic refrigerator, sound waves generate a heat flow. A new type of thermoacoustic refrigerator has been designed that uses the gas to be cooled as a working part of the engine, thereby getting around an old theoretical efficiency limit.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/29184